WWII Review

What is fascism?

• A movement advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs

• A system of government by the whole population or all eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives

• An aggressive nationalistic movement that considers the nation more important than the individual

• The political principles of the National Socialist German Workers' Party

When did Hitler first defy the Treaty of Versailles?

• In 1935, when he announced that Germany would build a new air force and begin a military draft to expand its army

• In 1938, when he unified Austria and Germany by force

• In March 1939, when he sent troops into Czechoslovakia and divided the country

• In May 1939, when he ordered the German army to invade Poland

What is appeasement?

• Successfully negotiating with a dictator to prevent him from taking land

• Giving in to the unjust demands of belligerent leader in order to avoid war

• Allowing a belligerent leader to take lands with no repercussions

• Declaring war

What happened at the Munich Conference?

• Roosevelt and Churchill met to plan the bombing of major industrial German cities

• Roosevelt and Stalin met to discuss the future of Germany after the war

• Germany made a deal with Austria to unify the two countries

• Britian and France agreed to Hitler's demands because they wanted to avoid war

What event is considered the official start of the war in Europe?

• Hitler unifies Germany and Austria

• Hitler invades Czechoslovakia and divides the country

• Hitler orders German troops to invade Poland

• Japanese pilots attack the American Naval base at Pearl Harbor

Why were Allied forces able to escape at Dunkirk?

• Hitler mysteriously ordered German forces to stop closing in

• The Allied troops were able to successfully defeat German forces

• The Allies sent more ships and supplies to help the troops win the battle

• The troops were unable to escape

What country had a puppet government during World War II

• Germany

• France

• Italy

• The Soviet Union

What were the Neutrality Acts?

• A series of laws that allowed countries to create trade deals with the United States more easily

• A series of laws that allowed the United States to sell, loan, or transfer military and other assets to any country considered a necessary part of America's defense

• A series of laws passed from 1935 to 1939 that restricted the sale of supplies to warring countries

• A series of laws that required the U.S. Navy to shoot-on-sight at German submarines

What was the Atlantic Charter?

• Signed by Great Britain, France, the United States, and the Soviet Union, it committed all four nations to an alliance known as the Allied Powers

• Signed by Germany, Japan, and Italy, it committed all three nations to an alliance known as the Axis Powers

• Signed by Roosevelt and Stalin, it committed both nations to a worldwide peacekeeping organization and to divide Germany after the war

• Signed by Roosevelt and Churchill, it committed both nations to a postwar world of democracy, nonaggression, free trade, and freedom of the seas

What were the Nuremberg Laws?

• Took citizenship away from Jewish Germans and banned marriage between Jews and other Germans in September 1935

• Forced Jewish people to enter concentration and extermination camps

• Commanded the German troops to destroy all Jewish businesses in the Night of the Broken Glass

• Created the Nazi government's secret police, the Gestapo